Dee Snider - Dee Does Broadway

Clay Aiken, Cyndi Lauper, Dee Snider, Patti LuPone, Bebe Neuwirth

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Dee Snider - Dee Does Broadway

Clay Aiken, Cyndi Lauper, Dee Snider, Patti LuPone, Bebe Neuwirth

Dee Does Broadway - It's not metal, but it rocks!

The original idea started back in 2009
with an exchange of phone messages
between Alice Cooper and me. I don't
know who the ﬁrst was, but one of us
sang our message to a Broadway show
tune and the other responded with his
answer in show tune form. When Alice
and I ﬁnally did speak—knowing both of
our love for musicaIs—| suggested he
and I do an album of rocked out duets
on show tunes and call it Alice & Dee
Do Broadway. Alice loved the idea.

Over the past several years both Alice
and I had done work with
guitarist/producer Bob Kulick on his
various “tribute” albums (I even did a
vocal on an Alice Cooper tribute record)
and had both been impressed with the
quality of his work. Around that time,
Bob and his partner Brett Chassen were
working on a metalized Frank Sinatra
tribute called Sin-atra (I sang on "It Was
a Very Good Year”) that was pretty
much in the ballpark of what Alice and I
were looking to do. I approached Bob
with our concept and he loved it. Upon
Alice's song suggestion, he and his
team arranged and laid tracks for the
Guys and Dolls classic “Luck Be a Lady
Tonight.” When Alice and I added ourunique vocals
to the over the top track

the whole thing just clicked. But while
Alice enjoyed the results, he wasn’t
ready to commit to the idea of recording
an entire CD of similar tunes, so the
project ended there.

Cut to the fall of 2010, and I am starring
in the hit Broadway musical Rock of
Ages. Suddenly the idea of doing an
album of rocked out show tunes myself
makes sense and a deal is struck with
the only label my manager Phil Carson
was sure could handle a record this
unique, Razor & Tie. Their support and
success with Twisted Sister's A Twisted
Christmas CD gave me conﬁdence in
their ability to make an abstract project
like this happen.

Over the past year Bob, Brett and I have
worked closely as a team picking from
decades of musical hits with only two
rules: The song had to speak to me as a
singer on some level, and it could not be
a rock song to begin with. No Jesus
Christ Superstar, Grease, Hair, Rent,
Rocky Horror, etc. What would be the
challenge in that?

Slowly but surely, with the help of the
incredible orchestrations and playing by

Doug Katsaros and bass guitar from the
legendary Rudy Sarzo, the songs
started coming together. I knew we
were onto something special.

After my run on Broadway, I came to
really appreciate the idea of being in a
cast — of sharing the spotlight on some
songs (Gasp!) Through mutual show
acquaintances (thank you, Wesley
Taylor) an introduction was made to
stage, television and ﬁlm legend Bebe
Neuwirth. I asked her to duet with me
on the legendary Damn Yankees song
“Whatever Lola Wants” and she was
thrilled at the idea. To my chagrin, I had
no idea Bebe had played Lola on
Broadway. I just thought it was
incredible casting on my part.

Once Bebe joined the party, the list of
special guests grew. Patti LuPone,
Cyndi Lauper, Clay Aiken, my son Jesse
Blaze Snider, Mark Wood (Trans-
Siberian Orchestra) and the stars of
Priscilla Queen of the Desert Will
Swenson, Tony Sheldon, and Nick
Adams each signed on to rock their
Broadway asses off. And they all had a
hell of a good time!

There are many who think doing an album of rocked out show tunes is pure
insanity on my part. Apparently, they
haven’t seen any photos of me from the
70's and 80's.

Could I have been in a
more theatrical band? Ever since I was
a kid, I’d heard the real power inherent
in a lot of songs from musicals and this
record gives me the chance to show it.

Dee Does Broadway has been a real
labor of love for everyone involved. I
don't know when |’ve had more fun
doing any record. I hope you all enjoy
the spirit of this album, the love for great
Broadway music that my entire team
has and the joy of rocking that went into
every single track. Dee Does Broadway
gives its regards to the Great White
Way... and kicks its ass!

Dee Snider - Dee Does Broadway

Clay Aiken, Cyndi Lauper, Dee Snider, Patti LuPone, Bebe Neuwirth

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Dee Snider - Dee Does Broadway

Clay Aiken, Cyndi Lauper, Dee Snider, Patti LuPone, Bebe Neuwirth

THE STAR OF THE SHOW - DEE SNIDER

Dee Snider is perhaps best known as the front man and song writer of the legendary Twisted Sister.
Their best selling singles "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock" propelled the band to
worldwide fame and multi platinum sales. Dee Snider is a mainstay in pop culture, appearing as a
commentator on several VH1 productions, as well as his own A&E reality show "Growing Up Twisted,"
ABC's "Celebrity Wife Swap," and as a contestant in NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice." His movie roles
include the cult hit, StrangeLand for which he wrote the screenplay, and Warning: Parental Advisory
in which he recreated his part in the congressional record label hearings of the mid 1980's when he
turned DC politics upside down, carrying the banner of his legendary anthem "We're Not Gonna Take
It". Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't going to take it either. The California Governator enlisted Dee to
help rally his political troops all the way to the Governor's mansion in California. Snider starred in the
Broadway hit musical "Rock Of Ages", which generated national TV appearances on The Today Show,
CNN's Joy Behar Show and The Jimmy Fallon Show. Snider also has his own nationally syndicated radio
show House Of Hair, which airs on more than 200 stations in North America. His autobiography, "Shut
Up and Give Me The Mic" was released in May 2012 by Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster.

WHO'S IN THE BAND

Bob Kulick - (guitars)

Grammy award winning Producer/Guitarist, Bob Kulick, whose track record reads like a who's who of
hard rock and heavy metal artists including Kiss, Motorhead, Wasp, Meatloaf and Alice Cooper, has 12
platinum or gold records to his credit. But Bob is not the one trick pony having also worked with such
artists as Diana Ross, Patti LaBelle, Michael Bolton and Lou Reed, and written songs for SpongeBob
SquarePants, Kiss and many others.

Brett Chassen - (drums/percussion/backing vocals)

Brett Chassen was a three year old drumming prodigy getting his start at his father's hotel in upstate NY
drumming alongside the likes of Buddy Rich and other jazz greats. His resume covers all genres from
Bret Michaels to Fusion greats Frank Gambale and Mike Stern. He ultimately turned his attention to
producing and engineering over thirteen years ago because he love 'playing with all the toys'!

Rudy Sazro's recording and performing career spans nearly 30 years. He toured the world as a member
of Ozzy Osbourne's band and his bass playing can be heard on Ozzy's multi-million selling CD "Tribute"
and "Speak of the Devil" CD and DVD. As a member of Quiet Riot, Rudy recorded the multi-platinum
albums "Metal Health" and "Condition Critical". He headlined worldwide tours, appeared on numerous
MTV videos and was voted #1 Bassist in Circus Magazine for 1983. Rudy played with Whitesnake from
1987 - 1994 and recorded the multi-platinum album "Slip of the Tongue", performing worldwide on
headline tours in support of this album and "1987".